Feminine Chaos
Feminine Chaos
Phoebe Maltz Bovy and Kat Rosenfield
Problematic faves, dissident feminism, and poodle interruptions: this is Feminine Chaos, featuring cultural commentary from Phoebe Maltz Bovy and Kat Rosenfield. femchaospod.substack.com
Premium: Saturday Night Fever
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.comKat and Phoebe discuss a viral rape outrage, grifting for Palestine, and the lesbian bar meltdown heard round the world.LINK:Kat’s advice column:https://web.archive.org/web/20150929084034/http://community.sparknotes.com/2013/01/07/auntie-sparknotes-i-regret-my-drunken-hookupTwo Jews, three apologies: Avi Lewis and Hannah Gann atone, for Palestine Greenf…
Sep 30
15 min
Premium: Boobs of All Kinds
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.comKat and Phoebe discuss the return of Sydney Sweeney discourse, Lena Dunhan’s baby surprise, and Nikole Hannah-Jones’s viral essay about sending her only child to a bad school.LINKS:
Sep 22
16 min
Premium: [Extreme Donald Trump Voice] I’m the Sex Captain Now
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.comKat and Phoebe discuss mistrials, misogynists, and the mission impossible of trying to make liberalism sexy again.LINKS:She Killed Her Three Children. Is She Guilty?Like so - Close-reading the reruns with Phoebe Maltz BovyKat, noted conservative lingerie influencer: Have Conservatives Taken Sexy Back?
Sep 8
16 min
Fancy Renovations and Fancier Cancellations
Kat and Phoebe discuss the London substacker stalking her neighbor’s home renovation, and the Met’s cancellation of tiny, angry, wildly anti-Semitic fashion icon John Galliano.LINKS:Have We Forgotten How to Decorate Like Normal People?John Galliano Withdraws From Met Museum Show After BacklashCritics Blast Metropolitan Museum’s Plan to Honor John Galliano - The New York TimesThe Metropolitan Museum of Art Is Making a Very Bad Mistake - The New York TimesGalliano’s Greatest Fashion Moments | Vanity FairJew-bash designer Galliano’s costume mocks faithful | New York PostOpinion | Cancel the Met Gala Instead - The New York Times This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit femchaospod.substack.com/subscribe
Sep 5
1 hr 10 min
Premium: An Abundance of Wokes, a Confederacy of Plagiarists
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.comKat and Phoebe attempt an archaeology of wokeness and look forward to the next installment, a.k.a. Woke 2: Electric Boogaloo. Also: fabulists, plagiarists, and a wildlife update about two ugly birds in love.LINKS:On the phases of woke:AOC on Woke 1.0
Aug 21
19 min
Racoon Sandwiches, Smooth-Tailed Squirrels, and a Visit from the Police
Kat and Phoebe discuss the latest in raccoon sightings, Phoebe’s European shopping adventures, and Kat’s brush with local law enforcement.LINKS: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit femchaospod.substack.com/subscribe
Aug 13
1 hr 4 min
Premium: Our Outsourced Youth
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.comKat and Phoebe discuss Labubu consultants, bike camps, childhood nostalgia, and waning attention spans.LINKS:When One Nanny Isn’t Enough, ‘CEO Parents’ Hire a Whole Team - WSJ
Jul 28
10 min
Premium: The Pen Is Mightier Than the Bralette
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.comKat and Phoebe discuss the lingerie of the long 2010s, the publishing industry’s Jewish problem, and the best place to hide your heirlooms and jewels (in a paper bag emblazoned with the words “DEAD RACCOON INSIDE.”)LINKS:A Statement to Our Community - PEN America‘A Silent Moratorium’ - PEN AmericaA Free-Speech Meltdown
Jul 17
10 min
Getting Cancelled and Surviving in the Woods
Thank you Phoebe Maltz Bovy, Mark Sundstrom, Bob, TheNuclearBlonde, Dave, and many others for tuning into my live video with Rafael Frumkin! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit femchaospod.substack.com/subscribe
Jul 15
1 hr 23 min
Queer Eye for the Oyster Guy
Kat and Phoebe discuss Ozempic (the new lobotomy!), American patriotism (the new Zionism!), and the sad, strange, entirely predictable downfall of Graham Platner (we told you so!).LINKS:The Drug That Made Me Want LessPreviously, on Platner:Kat’s reporting on death doulas: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit femchaospod.substack.com/subscribe
Jul 10
1 hr 2 min
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